Timeout with The Times: Getting to know Etowah's Alec Timmons

It just so happens he’s pretty good at it, too, as he has been a big part of Etowah’s 20-5 record and top-10 ranking in Class 5A.

The Blue Devils won Area 13 in the regular season and will host the area tournament starting Feb. 8 against Douglas.

The 6-foot-3, 175-pound senior discussed numerous topics for this week’s Timeout with The Times recently which included LeBron James, ‘Criminal Minds,’ juggling, Kobe Bryant and playing against Southside’s Kenneth Bothwell in video games.

GT: Why do you wear No. 12?

AT: Well to be honest, it’s just a number I picked up. But growing up I always wore 11 and 23. I always wore 23 because of LeBron (James). That’s my favorite player. Eleven is just something that just stuck with me up through pee wee all the way up to middle school, actually. Then when I started high school, I jumped to No. 12.

GT: What do you like about basketball?

AT: I like the fast-paced games. I’m not really into slow sports. It’s just fast paced, up-tempo all the time, and just the crowd and everything.

GT: If you had to play another sport, what would it be?

AT: Football, definitely.

GT: What position do you think you would’ve played?

AT: Receiver. Growing up that’s what I always played. But I always played quarterback through pee wee then up to middle (school). Then I got into receiver.

GT: If you could meet anyone, who would it be?

AT: Kobe (Bryant).

GT: You’re a LeBron guy and you would want to me Kobe? So why Kobe?

AT: Just the legacy he has left on the game. And just the fact of who he is: The Black Mamba. LeBron is definitely my favorite, but if I had to pick another player, it would be Kobe.

GT: With football making a deep playoff run, it left you guys without a lot of the team early in the season. How tough was that?

AT: It was tough playing without them because when we left off (last season), we left off with them. We just lost two seniors. Then when they came back (from football), it was really good because the chemistry was completely different. We had JV and some ninth grade playing with us, too.

GT: Do you have any secret talents?

AT: I can juggle.

GT: How many things can you juggle at once?

AT: Three, but I would say on a good day four, but not as long.

GT: What’s your favorite thing you’ve ever binged watched on Netflix?

AT: ‘Criminal Minds.’ That’s my show right there. I just like how every episode is something different all the time. Just the craziest things you would never think of that’s happened. It’s just always something different.

GT: When you’re not playing sports, what are you usually doing?

AT: Either chilling playing the game or just somewhere shooting.

GT: What are you usually playing?

AT: ‘Call of Duty,’ ‘NBA’ and ‘Madden.’ That’s about it.

GT: Do you play with anyone from the basketball team?

AT: I play with a lot of the football players really on the video game. Because (the basketball team) all got Xbox and I don’t like Xbox.

GT: Who would you say is the best of everyone you play with?

AT: Probably me, still. I always play a game with my good buddy Cat, Kenneth (Bothwell) from Southside. We always go at it.

GT: And you get him every time?

AT: Most of the time. About 98 percent of the time (laughs).

GT: In football, the Southside and Etowah rivalry is big. How does the basketball team look at it?

AT: We just picked them back up last year. That’s when I really figured out this was a big rivalry because it was just packed here. That was the first time we played them in basketball in about five or six years. They hyped the game up pretty good like they did the football game that one year. And I didn’t really know it was going to be that packed. I just came out and saw it and I was like, “Wow.” The game was intense the whole time.

GT: Since you’re a LeBron guy, let me hear a Finals prediction.

AT: I mean, you know, I’m going to go with LeBron, definitely. But as much as I hate the Warriors, they just got too much.

GT: Can LeBron and the Cavs beat them?

AT: Oh yeah. They’ve done it before.

GT: How many games?

AT: I say game seven.

GT: What would you say has been the key to the big season?

AT: Pretty much just us all knowing each other. We all grew up playing. Playing with each other and against each other on all-star teams, AAU and now we are all on the same team. And we have to showcase our talents.

GT: What’s been your favorite high school sports moment?

AT: Definitely winning the area championship. That was the most I felt inside of me playing a sport, high-school wise.

GT: Was there a special moment before high school?

AT: I was going to say middle school. I hit a half-court buzzer beater one time to win a game. That was pretty cool.

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